ATASHIn'CHI Next Sets January 1 Return With Monthly Episodes
Kinmokusei will perform “Saraba” as both the opening and ending theme.
New ATASHIn'CHI Next episodes debut on the franchise’s YouTube channel January 1 at 6:00 p.m. JST, with more arriving every first Friday.
Shinei Animation announced Friday that new episodes of ATASHIn'CHI Next will stream on the franchise’s YouTube channel. They launch January 1 at 6:00 p.m. JST, followed by releases every month’s first Friday at the same time.
The latest net anime in the ATASHIn'CHI franchise also revealed a key visual, additional staff, its main returning cast and its theme song artist.
Previously announced director Taku Kimura (Chainsmoker Cat) is directing the anime, with character designs by Masae Ōtake. Kinmokusei performs “Saraba” (“Farewell”) as both the opening and ending theme.
The returning cast includes:
- Daisuke Sakaguchi as Yuzuhiko
- Fumiko Orikasa as Mikan
- Kenichi Ogata as Father
- Kumiko Watanabe as Mother
ATASHIn'CHI Next commemorates the 30th anniversary of Eiko Kera’s original manga. It adapts manga stories that previous anime entries left unanimated.
Its first five episodes arrived monthly from June through October 2024. The next five episodes debuted on:
- November 20, 2025
- December 20, 2025
- January 20, 2026
- February 20, 2026
- March 20, 2026
Shinei Animation and AlphaBoat describe the story as following the Tachibana family’s everyday life. Mother gives everything her best despite her clumsiness, while the quiet Father insists on doing things his way.
Mikan is a high school romantic. Yuzuhiko may seem emotionless at first, but he is quite naïve.
The original manga inspired several earlier anime productions:
- A television anime that aired from 2002 to 2009.
- The ATASHIn'CHI film, which premiered in 2003.
- A 40-minute 3D ATASHIn'CHI film released in 2010.
- Shin ATASHIn'CHI, a television series that premiered in October 2015 and ended in April 2016.
Crunchyroll streamed Shin ATASHIn'CHI as it aired in Japan. The franchise’s official YouTube channel has streamed ATASHIn'CHI and Shin ATASHIn'CHI with English subtitles since May 2020.
Kera launched ATASHIn'CHI SUPER as a new manga serialization in December 2019, seven years after ending the original series.
The original manga ended in March 2012. It had run in the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper’s Sunday edition since 1994, spanning 17 years and 10 months.
Sources: ATASHIn'CHI Next anime website via ANN
